From left are Shin In-ryung, head of the presidential committee on educational reform, Chang Byung-gyu, head of the presidential committee on Fourth Industrial Revolution, and Kim Sang-hee, vice head of the presidential committee on low birthrate and aging society. / Yonhap

By Kim Rahn

President Moon Jae-in appointed a businessman as the head of a newly established presidential committee on the Fourth Industrial Revolution, Cheong Wa Dae said Monday.

Chang Byung-gyu, chairman of the board of directors at Bluehole, a mobile and online game developer, will lead the committee that will study the economic and social impacts of the Fourth Industrial Revolution and assist the government to draw up related national development plans.

Chang, 44, obtained his bachelor's and master's degrees in computer science at the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST). He previously worked at another game company, Neowiz, and was the head of BonAngels Venture Partners, an investment firm.

Rep. Kim Sang-hee of the ruling Democratic Party of Korea was also named as vice head of another committee to cope with the country's low birthrate and aging society. President Moon will lead the organization.

The pharmacy graduate from Ewha Womans University was the head of Womenlink, a women's rights group, and is a three-term lawmaker.

For a committee on educational reform, Shin In-ryung, an emeritus professor in law at Ewha, was tapped as the head.

She earned her bachelor's, master's and doctoral degrees in law at her alma mater, and served as president of the school. She also worked as the head of the Samsung Dream Scholarship Foundation.